Everyone is a hero in their own little way. As the song Hero by Mariah Carey goes… “There’s a hero, if you look inside yourself, you don’t have to be afraid of who you are… There’s a hero lies in you, with the strength to carry on, when you cast your fears aside, you know you can survive…” It states the universal truth that every human being is born with heroic potentials. There is a Batman, a Superman, a Wonder woman and even a Darna within us that needs to be awakened. They are with us when we were born.
It is this inherent potential in us that makes a lot of other common people great. Heroes need not to have bulky muscles or muscular body and clad in super tight breeches with cape. You can actually see them everyday in a t- shirt and jeans perhaps.
A mother enduring sleepless nights to watch her baby to sleep, a father sweating profusely abroad to feed his kids’ empty stomach, a fire fighter putting out fire to save properties and lives, a teacher endlessly drafting her lesson plans to make other professions possible, a journalist informing the public through write- ups and broadcasts, a farmer tilling lands in the sun to feed the nation, a metro aide sweeping the streets to maintain cleanliness, a boxer fighting for the country’s honor and pride, a commoner whistle blowing anomalies after anomalies, a poll watcher guarding ballot boxes to ensure clean and honest election, a child studying hard and burning eyebrows to have a better future and a lot even more. These are the many faces of a hero.
We do not have to wait for another destructive typhoon to hit our communities nor another armed revolution to liberate us from colonizers or oppressors. It is those thousand little good things that we do, and most of the time, go unnoticed that make us as such. It is these things that define us. It is these unnoticed little things that matter most. These are the beautiful things that only the eyes of heart can see. Indeed, everyone is a hero in their own little way.
